The contemporary city is characterized by highly integrated and
interdependent systems. More than ever this complex weave of bits and
atoms demands the application of an eco-systemic methodology to
architectural and urban analysis, digital design, fabrication and
production. In this context, an emerging ecology of digital tools and
techniques now allow designers to craft synthetic relationships and blur
distinctions between the digital and the physical, between the natural and
artificial, and between performance simulation and real-world analysis.
These synthetic digital ecologies thrive at the intersection of creative
and technical domains whose boundaries are elastic and continuously
evolving. Navigating this dynamic terrain requires modes of synthetic
reasoning in order to advance design research and digital
innovation. What are the implications for architecture, landscape, the
city and beyond? What are the spatial, material and organizational
possibilities? How do these influence the social, cultural and political
life of cities?

The conference co-chairs seek papers and projects that highlight
experimental research and explore the reciprocity and synergy between bits
and atoms, the digital and the physical, and digital code and material
logic. ACADIA 2012 will bring together designers, academics and
practitioners who engage, question and aspire to stretch these boundaries.
Architects, fabricators, engineers, media artists, technologists, software
developers, hackers and others in related fields of inquiry are invited to
submit works that explore, but are not limited to, the following topics:

Works may be submitted in one of the following three categories: 1. Full Papers (4,000 words);
2. Work-In-Progress Papers (2,000 words); and 3. Projects (for Exhibition). Accepted works will
be included in one of the following: Full Paper Presentations (full sessions with Q&A), the
Work-In-Progress Paper Sessions (shorter sessions with Q&A), or the Projects Exhibition. All
works will be published in either the Conference Proceedings or Exhibition Catalog.

STUDENT TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

ACADIA wants to make sure the best and the brightest students will be in San Francisco for
ACADIA 2012! ACADIA Student and Recent Graduate Scholarships will be available to students with financial need accepted
in the 'Full Papers, Work-In Progress, and Projects' categories.
Application details will be available upon acceptance.